On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 04:50 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > First, a relatively minor issue that is nevertheless quite annoying. > It's the Fedora distribution art, the images in Anaconda and the > Fedora-customized graphics in the admin tools and elsewhere. It has > never been much better than mediocre, and in FC5 it hits a new low > with backgrounds that look like a Teletubby hocked loogies into a > dish full of soap scum. And whose bright idea, I have to wonder, was > it to abandon the attractive and recognizable Fedora icon for > something that's...not a fedora? > > Cripes. By comparison, even the original BlueCurve was superior. And > original BlueCurve wasn't much to cheer about compared to the > decorative art on a Windows or (especially) a Mac -- acceptable, but > not a competitive plus, not something that would actually attract > users. The FedoraBubbles stuff is bland and tacky goo that I expect > will repel them. Sorry to bring the topic back so far, I know it has gone in a totally different direction now. I just wanted to say something about this because I hear a lot of Bluecurve bashing lately. Like someone said earlier, art is always a matter of ones own taste. No matter what the default are is, there will be many people who find it displeasing. I happen to find Ubuntu and SuSE's default art horrific, however, many people seem to love the new "Human" theme. Tango is making some nice icons at the moment, but honestly, I still prefer the Bluecurve icon set. I've yet to find a set of icons that has the balance of functionality and attractiveness that the Bluecurve icons have. While I find many of the Tango icons very attractive, such as the recycle bin, a lot of them need more thought. Such as the main computer icon, which has a screen that is angled, giving the whole monitor a rhombus shape to it. I don't get that at all, who has a monitor that looks like that? Nevertheless, many people are falling in love with the Tango set. Jakub Steiner is working on, what looks like, a new set of default gnome icons[1], using the Tango look and feel. I encourage everyone to check them out, they look amazing. The bottom line, is that I want someone out there to know, that there are people that like Bluecurve. I love Bluecurve, and if the Fedora default ever changes to something like Tango, I will revert to Bluecurve. I am not trying to start a debate, just wanted to defend Fedora art for a moment. -Matt [1]: http://jimmac.musichall.cz/i.php?i=git2 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
